To Be Lifted
Thursday 16 May 2024
SACRED PROMISE
Monday 13 May 2024
GOD'S BOXES
I have in my hands two boxes
Which God gave me to hold.
He said: “Put all your sorrows in the black
And all your joys in the gold.”
I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
Both my joys and sorrows I stored.
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.
With curiosity, I opened the black.
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box
A hole which my sorrows had fallen out by.
I showed the hole to God,
And mused aloud: “I wonder where my sorrows could be?”
He smiled a gentle smile and said:
“My child, they are all here with me…”
I asked God why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold, and the black with the hole?
He said: “The gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go.”
-
Arielle
Perkins
(Art: Lord of Light by Chris Brazelton)
Saturday 11 May 2024
DIVINE MOTHERHOOD
“Motherhood is near
to divinity.
It is the highest,
holiest service to be assumed by mankind.
It places her who
honours its holy calling and service next to the angels.”
-
The First Presidency: Heber J. Grant, J.
Reuben Clark, David O McKay
- (1918-1945)
What are children to a mother
If not gifts from heaven’s door;
As jewels from God’s own bosom
Gifted to her heart forever more.
Entrusted with the greatest charge
Sealed with hope of tender care;
From His hands
To mothers given
As gifts of worth beyond compare.
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
ART: Mercy’s Light by Annie Henrie Nader
Tuesday 7 May 2024
THE MEDIATOR
“Each of us lives on a kind of spiritual
credit. One day the account will be closed, a settlement demanded. However
casually we may view it now, when that day comes and the foreclosure is imminent,
we will look around in restless agony for someone, anyone, to help us….
Unless there is a mediator, unless we have a
friend, the full weight of justice untampered, unsympathetic, must, positively
must, fall on us. The full recompense for every transgression, however minor or
however deep, will be exacted from us to the uttermost farthing.
But know this: truth, glorious truth, proclaims
there is such a Mediator.
“For there is one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Tim 2:5)
Through Him mercy can be fully extended to each
of us without offending the eternal law of justice. This truth is the very root
of Christian doctrine.”
(Boyd K. Packer, The Mediator, General
Conference April 1977
Be
still my soul
And
know that He leads you
By
the voice of His heart.
He
beckons and He calls
Your
spirit to ignite
To
truth and godly path.
His
love will find you,
He
will lead you and save your soul,
He
is the Shepherd
Who
will answer your call.
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
(Art: AI Generated)
Sunday 21 April 2024
IN HIS ARMS
Thursday 18 April 2024
THE JOY
In my hour of solitude
I sought to worship Thee.
My spirit hungered and was filled
With joy that found me.
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
(Art: Find Perfect Joy by B. Laura Wilson)
Wednesday 17 April 2024
ETERNAL DESTINY
If You were
not,
I would not be,
Silence would
have wept at Calvary!
If You were
not,
I would not be,
As death would
claim me eternally.
If You were
not,
I would not be,
Joyless would
be my destiny.
- CATHRYNE ALLEN
(Art: Upon The Cross by Greg Collins)